Comments on: Why I believe that 1≠2 more than I do the existence of God http://ripper234.com/p/why-i-believe-that-1%e2%89%a02-more-than-i-do-the-existence-of-god/ Stuff Ron Gross Finds Interesting Mon, 21 May 2012 11:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Samhttp://ripper234.com/p/why-i-believe-that-1%e2%89%a02-more-than-i-do-the-existence-of-god/comment-page-1/#comment-1400 Sam Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:12:06 +0000 http://ripper234.com/?p=1053#comment-1400 As my Algebra lecturer would say: 1 DOES equal 2, but that is so if the world we're talking about is Z1, which (as he would also note to the class) is a trivial and boring field, and therefore we shall not mention it any further... As my Algebra lecturer would say: 1 DOES equal 2, but that is so if the world we’re talking about is Z1, which (as he would also note to the class) is a trivial and boring field, and therefore we shall not mention it any further…

]]> By: Elihttp://ripper234.com/p/why-i-believe-that-1%e2%89%a02-more-than-i-do-the-existence-of-god/comment-page-1/#comment-1397 Eli Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:03:20 +0000 http://ripper234.com/?p=1053#comment-1397 Line 3 is just wrong. 2 negates the first assumption in 1, there's nothing relating to the second assumption. Line 3 is just wrong. 2 negates the first assumption in 1, there’s nothing relating to the second assumption.

]]> By: Annahttp://ripper234.com/p/why-i-believe-that-1%e2%89%a02-more-than-i-do-the-existence-of-god/comment-page-1/#comment-1395 Anna Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:20:33 +0000 http://ripper234.com/?p=1053#comment-1395 Hey Ron, There is something here that sounds fishy to me. Lets change your statement 1 to: Assume 1=2, and suppose by negation that "The sky is blue" (or any other statement). This way you can prove/disprove anything (no matter if it is true or not). On the other hand, if you assume that "God exists and created the world as it is" (I think that the standard definition in religion is that god created the world, and therefore can control the way it works), you can infer that since logic as we know it is part of the world, god made it so that 1=2. On other worlds, it could be different (for example: 1=3 in some worlds - group theory flashback - depending on our assumptions). Hey Ron,

There is something here that sounds fishy to me.
Lets change your statement 1 to:
Assume 1=2, and suppose by negation that “The sky is blue” (or any other statement).
This way you can prove/disprove anything (no matter if it is true or not).

On the other hand, if you assume that “God exists and created the world as it is” (I think that the standard definition in religion is that god created the world, and therefore can control the way it works), you can infer that since logic as we know it is part of the world, god made it so that 1=2. On other worlds, it could be different (for example: 1=3 in some worlds – group theory flashback – depending on our assumptions).

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